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07/09/2017

Baby Boomer Professional Women - You Bet, We Unlearned Smiling

The promotions for "Sunday Night" have a glam Megyn Kelly with a big smile. (Along with the prom night curls).

All wrong.

Lester Holt, who was in her slot last week with "Dateline," is all gravitas. These are not normal times. We viewers demand a serious persona from our on-air personalities in the news and commentary niches.

Why Kelly persists with the all-smiles is puzzling.

After all, after law school, she had done law at the BigLaw firm Jones Day. That law firm has developed the signature of being totally purpose-driven in serving the client. Each and every one is dealing with a serious issue.

Jones Day remains among the few law firms with low client churn. Also, it managed to catapult a double-digit number of lawyers into the White House. That's influence and power, which it can leverage indirectly into new business development.

For tonight's "Sunday Night" episode, the promo is for how girls lose confidence. That is a very serious issue. In a STEM-driven economy the U.S. needs those females to have the self-assurance to do STEM. Yet, Kelly is all-smiles.

As successful female professionals know, yes, it's important to have empathy. Be warm. Be accessible. But we veer clear of the constant smiling.